%0 Journal Article %T Estudio fitoqu¨ªmico preliminar y actividad fungicida de corteza de Maytenus urquiolae Mory (Celastraceae) %A Fern¨¢ndez de la Torre %A Alexander %A Nogueiras Lima %A Clara %A Romeu Carballo %A Carlos %A Roberto Palacios %A Jorge %A Naranjo Chamizo %A Enoc %A Marbot Ramada %A Rolando %A Urquiola Cruz %A Armando %J Fitosanidad %D 2010 %I Instituto de Investigaciones de Sanidad Vegetal %X a phytochemical screening of maytenus urquiolae mory steam barks was done. this study showed that triterpenes and fenolic compounds were the main metabolites families present in plant material. polymer 1,4 trans polyisoprene was isolated and characterized as chemiotaxonomic significance of celestraceae family. finally a chemical composition study of the lower polarity fraction was carried out by cg-ms, where 11 compounds were identified and six of them belong to sesquiterpene family. the steam barks n-hexane: ethyl ether (1:1) extract showed in vitro fungicide activity against the pathogen curvularia clavata b. l. jain. %K celastraceae %K maytenus urquiolae %K phytochemistry screening. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1562-30092010000400008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en